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METHOD OF PRODUCING GAS.

APPLICATION FILED N 0V.22, 1905.

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.MJOLPH LANG AND HARPER r. SMITH, DIP-PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- YANIA,ASSlGNORS or ONE-THIRD TO CHARLES H. ZINK, or PHILA- DELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA. v

METHODIOF FqaooUonve GASg Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1.6, 1906.

Application filed November 22,1905- seiinip. 283,599. I

States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented a' new and useful Method of Producing Gas, of which thefollowing is a specification.

In two pending applications, one for an apparatus for producing gas,filed October 23., 1905, Serial No. 283,879, and the other for a lamp,filed October 10, 1905, Serial No. 282,119, we have describedand claimeddifferent constructions adapted to produce a new gas.

Our present invention consists of a novel method for producing a gaswhich produces an intense heat, and when this heatcontacts with anincandescent body, such as the mantle of a lam a very strong andbrilliant light is produce In the acco'innipanying drawings we haveshown diii'erent forms of an apparatus for carrying out our invention.

Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of an apparatus adaptedtoroduce a gas embodying our invention. ig. 2 represents a sideelevation of the air and gas. heating pipes in detached position. Fig.3. represents a side elevation of Fig. ,2. Fig. 4 represents a sectionalplan view of. Fig. 2. Fig. 5 represents a sectional elevation of anothereInbodunent of an apparatus for producing gas. Fig. 6 represents asectional plan view of the air and gas heating pipes shown in Fig. 5 butin detached position. Fig.7 represents a diagrammatical View of anotherembodiment of an apparatus adapted to carry out our invention.

Similar numerals of reference-indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designatesth intake-pipe for the gas, saidpipe. being contained within an. outer air pipeor casing 2, both ,endsof said casing being sealed or closed in any suitable manner.

8 designates the air-inlet, which is controlled by means of a suitablevalve 4.

' In Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive,we have shown the air and gas heating pipesas being inclined at an angle to the intake-pipes. The

gaszenteringthrough the intake-pipe 1 passes intfi' thepipeor-conduit 5leading therefrom. This-wipe extends .1mwardlv, as seen at 6,

, plac substantial l thence, extends outwardly, asseen at 7, thencedownwardly, as seen at 8, and thence across,

as seen at 9. This pipe then extends upwardly, as seen at '10,outwardly, as seen at I 11, downwardlyflas seen at 12, across, as seenat 13, upwardly-,-as seen at-14, inwardly, as

seen at 15, thence'dow'nwardly, as seen at 16. At 17 it is seen asextending partly. across and entering a gas-chamber 18. -The air entersthrou h the inlet 3 and passes into the air-s chainFer 2 thence throughthepip'e 19 to the gas-chamber 18, as seen at 20. Since this pipe 19 isarranged in a similar manner to the gas-heating pipes, there being fouron one side and two on the other, the same being in substantially theform of a horseshoe, as seen in Fig. 3, we have deemed it unnecessary tonumber and describe the different branches of this pipe, since the samewould be similar to the gas-heating pipe, [As seen in Fig. 1, *in thepresent instance the outlet for the heated gas is in advance of theoutlet for the heated air. The heated air and gas in the gas-chamber 18unite therein to form a separate and distinct gas and also in thechamber 21,-which forms a continuation of the gaschamber 18. The gaspasses thence to the incandescent mantles, which may be supported inany-suitablemanner.

'22 designates a funnel or. an inverted cone,

which serves to deflect the radiant heat from the mantles against theair and gas heating pipes. The globe 23 is supported in any upper end ofthe device and surroundingin the present instance the intake-pi es.

30 designates a supportingbrac etengaging the top casing 29 and theouter casing 26, In the embodimentshown in Figs. 5 and 6 we have shownaslightly-modified form of ap aratus, inwhich separate air and gas intae ipes are em loyed, said pipes being. i; horizontally above "the resmantles and the heated gas enters the oxidizing-chamber slightly in rearof the inlet for the heated air. In this embodiment 31 designates theintake-pipe for the as, provided with a suitable controllingva,ve, saidpipe extending outwardl at its lower end, as seen at 32 in Fig. 6, andthen extending inwardly across, as seen at 33, then being bent uponitself, as seen at 34, and entering'the gas-chamber 35, as seen at 36.

37 designates the intake-pipe for the air, which isalso provided with asuitable controlling-valve, said pipe being bent outwardly, as seen at38,in a direction opposite from the pipe 32, This pipe 38 then passesacross to the other side, as seen at 39, and bends rearwardly, as seenat 40, entering the gas-chamber 35, as seen at 41, in advance of theinlet for the heated gas. The heated air and gas unite in the gashamber35 and the chamber 42, which is a continuation thereof. The gas formedby this union then passes to the mantles, as may be readily understoodfrom our prior applications hereinbefore referred to. In this embodimentit will be seen that the apparatus is similar to that shown in Figs. 1to 4, inclusive, except that separate intake-pipes are employed and thatthe air and gas heating ipes are arranged at a different angle to themantles.

In the apparatus shown in Fig. 7 the gas enters through the pipe 43 andpasses into the coil heating pipe 44, thence into the chamber 45.

46 designates an air-compressing device, by means of which the air iscompressed and. forced through the valved conduit 47 and through thecoil 48, which opens into the gaschamber 45.

49 designates a baffle-plate extending into the chamber 45.

50 designates burners suitably connected with the chamber in which newgas is formed and adapted to heat the gas-conduit 44 and the air-conduit48. I

51 designates a valved conduit leading from the chamber in which the newgas is formed to a lamp or to any desired point of utilization. p

In Fig. 1 we have shown the inlet for the heated as in the chamber inwhich the union takes p ace as being in advance of the inlet for theheated air. In Fig. 5 the inlet for the heated gas in the chamber inwhich the union takes place is shown as being in rear of the inlet forthe heated air in the said chamher, and in Fig. 7 these two inlets forthe heated air and gas in said chamber are shown as'being adj apent toeach other and substantially in the same lane. It is further to be notedthat in all t e embodiments the proportion of air employed is muchgreater than the amount of hydrocarbon gas which is used. In carryingout our invention the air and gas are led through separate conduits intothe chamber in which the union takes place.

the lamp seen in Figs. 1 and 5, causes the separate air and gas conduitsto be highly heat-ed, so that the air and (gaspassing therethrough alsobecome heate to such a degree that when they come into contact with eachother in a separate chamber they instantly unite to form a separate anddistinct gas, it bein understood that the proportion of air empioyed isalways greater than the propor tion of gas. By reason of preheating boththe vapor and the air on their introduction into a separate chamber theheated products instantly. unite and roduce a new as, which numerousanalyses by an expert c. emist resulted as follows: carbonic acid, 0.80per cent; oxygen, 17.80 per cent. carbon monoxid, 5.82 per cent;hydrogen, 3.72 per cent; methane, 2.68 per cent; nitrogen, 69.18 percent; total, one hundred per cent. For this reason we call the chamberin which this union takes place a gas-chamber, in which theseparatelyreheated products form a new gas. that there is present a veryhigh percentage of oxygen,,w1th the percentage of hydrogen ver low, asis also the ercentage of inert car onic acid, and it will be apparent tothose skilled in this art that an intense heat will be generated, owingto the percentage of hydrogen and oxygen present. The air may beadmitted to the pipes or conduits either under its normal atmosphericpressure or it may be compressed to any desired degree by means of anysuitable or conventional type of air-compressor and then led through theair-heating conduits to a separate chamber,

where'it unites in its highly-heated state with the heated gas toproduce the desired gas.

In carrying out our method we proceed as follows: The controlling-valvein the gas conduit is opened, and simultaneously there- It W1 1 be seenfrom this analysis are with the controlling-valve in the air-conduit isopened. The air and as will now ass through the conduits to t e burners,w ich are now ignited by any suitable means. The air and gas conduitswill be heated by the heat coming directly from the burners or radiatedfrom the mantles, and the separatelyheated air and gas will come intocontact with each other in a separate chamber and immediately unite toform a s ecific and fixed gas. A distinct gas will a so be produced ifonly the gas-conduit is heated and the heated gas led into a separatechamber,

where it comes into contact with the air under pressure enteringtherein.

In the broad scope of our invention it is immaterial in what manner theair and gas heating conduits are arranged with respect to a heatedcondition.

the source of heat or Whether the source of heat is derived from thelamp its from any external source. This gas alter it has been producedmay he led to any-desired point of utilization, such as a lamp orburner, as shown in Fig. 7. It will thus be seen that in the bi ad scopeof our invention the hydrocarbon gas is separately heated and air underpressure is separately heated. The new gas thus formed gives a veryintense heat and produces a Very brilliant light when brought intocontact with an incandescent body, such as the mantle of a lamp. The gasthus produced may be led to any desired pointyof utilization Without anydeterioration its lighting or heating properties, be-

cause when the two heated gases unite their affinity for each othercauses the product thus formed to become a fixed product, which oncooling remains absolutely unchanged and has precisely the samepropertiesas when in Having thus described our invention, What We claimas new, and desire-to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is

g 1. The method of producing a new gas which consists of separately.superheating air under pressure and a hydrocarbon gas and then. leadingthe heated air and gas into a chamber wherein the heated air and healedgas unite to form a separate and distinct gas 52. The method ofproducing gm which consists of superheating a hydrocarbon gas. leadingthis gas in i is heated condition into a chamber and simultaneouslytherewith leading into said chamber air under pressure which unites withthe heated gas to form a separate and distinct gas. 3. The method ofproducing gas which consists of compressin air to a desired dcgree;leading this'air tirough a conduit, superheating this conduit, leadingthe heated air into a chamber and simultaneously leada superheated gasinto said chamber to unite with the heated air under pressure to form aseparate and distinct gas.

'l. The method of producing a gas which consists in superheating airunder pressure and separately heating a hydrocarbon gas, leading theheat-ed air and heated gas into a chamber wherein they unite, and thenhighly heating. the product of the union" in said chamber.

ADOLPH LANG. HARPER F. SMITH. Witnesses:

Joan A. WIEDERSIIEIM, HERBERT S. FAIRBANKS.

